IT’S NOT ALL DOOM & GLOOM 2019 has certainly started off with a bang both in the mortgage & finance industry and within the Australian property market. The report from the banking Royal Commission was released in February 2019 which saw Mortgage &...

WHAT’S REALLY STOPPING YOU? NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME FOR FIRST HOME BUYERS TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT BUYING THEIR FIRST HOME I know a lot of first home buyers who want nothing more than to buy their first home but think it’s impossible. If ever there was a time to...

GREAT NEWS FOR PROPERTY INVESTORS In last month’s blog I wrote about it not being all doom and gloom. Well, the news continues to get better with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) lifting the cap on interest only (I.O.) loans effective 1st of...

BUYING YOUR FIRST HOME – IS 2019 THE YEAR? It’s that time of year where we tend to reflect on the year that was and start to think about what we’d like to achieve in the New Year. What do you want to achieve in 2019? Maybe you’ve been thinking about buying your first...

I have always been money conscious and from a very young age started working with a budget so that I could save and pay cash for the things I wanted instead of using credit. Or if I did use my credit card I was taught by my parents to pay this off before the due date...

Since my days working as a bank manager I have understood the importance of insuring myself (not just my car or house, me the person), whether it be some level of income protection, trauma or life insurance because you just never know what’s around the corner. Whilst...